Kansas City Fed Services Survey: Hours worked: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Services Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about services firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally unadjusted diffusion index for hours worked (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) was -5.0 in September 2026, compared to -9.0 in August.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 153 records. The period covered by the series stretches from January 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the diffusion index reached its lowest level of -24.0 in March 2020; it recorded its highest level of 36.0 in April 2022; it averaged 10.5.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 5.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -9.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | -5.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will employee hours worked increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Hours worked |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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